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Methods report on the development of the 2013 revision and update of the EAACI/GA2 LEN/EDF/WAO guideline for the definition, classification, diagnosis, and management of urticaria

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GA2LEN EAACI This methods report describes the process of guideline development in detail. It is the result of a systematic literature review using the 'Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation' (GRADE) methodology and a structured consensus conference held on 28 and 29 November 2012, in Berlin. It is a joint initiative of the Dermatology Section of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), the EU-funded network of excellence, the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA(2)LEN), the European Dermatology Forum (EDF), and the World Allergy Organization (WAO) with the participation of delegates of 21 national and international societies. This guideline covers the definition and classification of urticaria, taking into account the recent progress in identifying its causes, eliciting factors and pathomechanisms. in addition, it outlines evidence-based diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for the different subtypes of urticaria. This guideline was acknowledged and accepted by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and is published in Allergy 2014; 69:868-887. Charite, Allergy Ctr Charite, Dept Dermatol & Allergy, Berlin, Germany Med Univ Graz, Dept Dermatol, Graz, Austria Clin San Carlo, Allergy Clin, Paderno Dugnano, Italy Odense Univ Hosp, Dept Dermatol, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark Odense Univ Hosp, Allergy Ctr, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark Univ Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Med Univ Silesia, Allergol & Clin Immunol Katowice, Dept Internal Dis, Katowice, Poland Univ Genoa, IRCCS AOU SanMartino, Genoa, Italy Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Hosp Mar Parc Salut Mar, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain Dr DY Patil Med Coll & Hosp, Dept Dermatol, Navi Mumbai, India Fac Med, Dermatol Clin, Coimbra, Portugal Univ Hosp, Coimbra, Portugal Guys & St Thomas Hosp NHS Fdn Trust, St Johns Inst Dermatol, London, England Ctr Appl Res Allergy Quebec, Quebec City, PQ, Canada Hiroshima Univ, Dept Dermatol, Inst Biomed & Hlth Sci, Hiroshima, Japan Med Univ S Carolina, Dept Med, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med, Charleston, SC 29425 USA Hannover Med Sch, Dept Dermatol & Allergy, Hannover, Germany Pantai Hosp Kuala Lumpur, Dept Paediat, Bangsar, Malaysia Univ Hosp Tenon, Dept Dermatol & Allergy, Paris, France Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Ctr, Baltimore, MD USA Ctr Medicodocente Trinidad, Allergy & Clin Immunol Dept, Caracas, Venezuela Univ Hosp, Dept Dermatol, Allergy Unit, Zurich, Switzerland Univ Manitoba, Dept Pediat & Child Hlth, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada Univ Manitoba, Dept Immunol, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Univ Med Ctr Mainz, Dept Dermatol, Mainz, Germany Univ Toronto, Div Allergy & Clin Immunol, Toronto, ON, Canada Technion, Bnai Zion Med Ctr, Fac Med, Haifa, Israel Univ Bari, Dept Biomed Sci & Human Oncol, Unit Dermatol & Venereol, Bari, Italy Universidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM, São Paulo, Brazil Web of Science